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Good is the minimum. The rules for being a comedian and a startup founder are exactly the same. The work never ends. It just gets harder. #startupfounder #founder #startup #entrepreneurship
I agree. If you are a startup founder buy my book and checkout his lightening bolt. Clearly needs to be the face of the brand.
Love how @robwalling frames this. Founders forget that without traction skills, product doesn’t matter. I go deeper on this in Starting A Startup.
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The Core Four SaaS skills revealed! In this week’s episode of @startupspod 👇
If your a startup founder The best piece of advice I can give you if you're early stage is to take the default baseline of if you build it, no one gives a shit. Treating indifference as the baseline, no ones waiting, no ones watching. Not because you're not smart, not because
As a StartUp Founder - Customer One is a really sacred and special moment no matter where you are in life. BRB. heading to the post office. #entrepreneur #booktok #startupfounder #startup #founder
LAUNCH If you have to game your customers, you don’t have a business model you have a calendar trick. Trust compounds more than the extra 8% you’re hiding. And if you can’t make it work on 12 honest months, that’s not pricing power, that’s shitty unit economics.
With the AI craze, the FOMO, the everyone else seems to be crushing it in AI except me - it’s all mostly true you should be AI first. BUT. The one thing that isn't changing is the foundation and the foundation is build a great product that solves a problem so painful people will
You do not need to pay someone to raise money for your startup. If they ask for a retainer or a success fee or a due diligence fee upfront, they’re not helping — they’re feeding by on your FOMO. Real investors don’t need middlemen. Makes you look incompetent. They are predatory
There’s only one golden rule to building a successful startup—it’s a universal truth: - Build a winning team. - Build something people want and will pay for. - Do it fast, keep it lean. That’s the whole playbook. Everything else? Just details. But here’s the thing: The
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There are two types of startup founders: those who make things happen, and those who wonder what happened. Which one are you going to be?
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Despite the predatory startup fundraising p*rn on your insta feed claiming you're funding ready & they can help. You likely aren't, can't & won't. So, let's pivot to what actually matters. What now?
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Startup founders. Be frugal. Not cheap. Every penny you don’t spend adds a moment more runway. Every penny should have a (potential) return associated to it - doesn’t mean don’t take big bold bets - just understand the consequences. your $$ earns 5% just sitting in the bank.
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StartUp Founders looking for PMF are never going to find it. At best, you'll catch a fleeting moment where everything aligns - right product, right problem, right time. Until it's not.
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For #StartUpFounders - XXX-Led Growth. Product-Led, Sales-Led, Community-Led, or whatevs, can be deceptive. A growth motion without retention is like building sandcastles on the beach - epic, awesome, but gone by morning.
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StartUp Founders looking for PMF are never going to find it. At best, you'll catch a fleeting moment where everything aligns - right product, right problem, right time. Until it's not. Phantom Market Fit.
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The magic #StartUp #Founder ingredient is ecosystem mapping.
Accelerate customers, intelligence, features, roadmap, acquisition, retention & credibility... without a proportional increase in your sales & marketing dollars.
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Visionary founders die trying to educate the market. Intelligent founders understand its a choice whether to create or capture customers. This isn't about innovation; it's terrain management aka Blue Ocean vs Red Ocean.
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